Posts Tagged ‘Hellogoodbye’

At the moment, it’s looking like 2016 is going to be a great year in terms of new albums, with a handful of huge bangers already out there and many more undoubted hits confirmed to be hitting out ears in the next few months. It’s also important to look back every so often, and it just turns out that a decade ago in 2006 was a great year for albums too.

Of course there are hundreds, but we filtered together 50 great albums that turn 10-years-old this year to remember those modern classics, accompanied with streams to bring ourselves a massive hit of euphoric nostalgia.

NOTE: These albums may bring intense levels and high frequencies of smiles, jumping, involuntary head nodding/banging and limb movements, and uncontrollable happiness.

For the most part, one thing that has cropped every time that Hellogoodbye has been mentioned recently is; “Are they still together? I didn’t know they still did anything”. Well, judging by the packed out Water Rats venue, it is more than apparent that they are still together and still going strong.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary with a huge bang, Slam Dunk Festival hosted some big and legendary names in the pop-punk/ska punk scene to their roster: Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger and Less Than Jake. Along with several other established aswell as up-and-coming acts spread across several stages, Slam Dunk has always been, and still remains to be, the best pop-punk event the UK has to offer. We joined in on the fun at the Leeds date of the festival weekend this year, and here’s what we thought of who we managed to catch across the day:

Commuters of Manchester were treated to a rare acoustic performance by Hellogoodbye on their visit over to the UK, where they performed on the steps just outside of Oxford Street train station. Check out their stripped down version of their song, ‘When We First Met’:

After an almost 5 year gap between albums, Hellogoobye finally released their sophomore record ‘Would It Kill You?’ in the UK on March 14th, and though currently their presence isn’t as great as their debut brought them, Hellogoodbye are set to change that. Following a short UK headline stint, the band are scheduled to perform on the Jäger Stage at this year’s Slam Dunk, so we got in touch with frontman Forrest Kline for a little chat about the festival:

More bands have been added onto the line-up for this year’s Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds. New additions to the bill are Hellogoodbye, While She Sleeps, Yashin, The Dangerous Summer, Failsafe and With The Punches. Along with this, a bunch of extra after show bundle tickets have been made available.

For more information and to purchase tickets, head over to the official Slam Dunk website by clicking here.

Their debut release ‘Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!’ came way back in 2006, which makes Hellogoodbye‘s sophomore album ‘Would It Kill You?’ even more anticipated. However, with this new release their sound appears to have moved away from quirky synth driven pop of their previous releases, yet the lyrical content of Forrest Kline is still there, so it is undeniably still very much a Hellogoodbye album.